I am sharing a brand new bundle that has just been released by Stampin’ Up! This is the second of three cards I’m sharing with you from the Amazing Silhouettes Bundle and is made up of the Amazing Silhouettes Stamp set & the Amazing Thanks Dies. I have kept this card very simple and only using 3 inks, 1 stamp and then the two dies from the Amazing Thanks Dies.
I have also created another time lapse video for my second card using the Amazing Silhouettes Bundle.
Sale-a-bration has started as well so when you purchase items from the Annual Catalogue or the new January to June Mini Catalogue you can earn a gift with Purchase when you have a qualifying order.
I am sharing a brand new bundle that has just been released by Stampin’ Up! It’s called the Amazing Silhouettes Bundle and is made up of the Amazing Silhouettes Stamp set & the Amazing Thanks Dies. I have kept this card very simple and only using 1 ink, 1 stamp and then the two dies from the Amazing Thanks Dies. This card is the first of 3 cards that I’m sharing with you this week to kick of the new January-June Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration which also starts today. During Sale-a-bration you can get a gift with purchase when you have a qualifying order.
I have also created a quick time lapse video for my Amazing Silhouettes card.
Can you believe that we are now at the end of another year and today is our monthly post for our December Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop #37. This month’s blog hop is a colour challenge. When I first saw the colours I loved them but then when I started to play with them and work out what I wanted to create I was a little challenged.
I ended up creating 2 cards for you for this challenge. One is a very simple card with a few layers and the other card has some two step stamping. You may have arrived here from Elizabeth’s Blog or you may have started right here, either way I am glad you have joined us on our little Blog Hop. You will be able to continue to the blog hop by clicking on any of the links below or by clicking on the Next button which will take you to the next blog of Nikki.
My First Card – Thinking Thanks and Peace
My month has been really rather busy with getting christmas cards sent out and trying to keep on top of all the paperwork for hubby’s business. But I did get a chance yesterday to finally get inky and made these cards for you. I really hope you like them. The colours we used are Gray Granite, Petal Pink & Soft Sea Foam. All colours I do love but when you mix them together sometimes I get a little stumped on what I want to create. I started with a simple Christmas cards, because let’s face it, can you really have too many Christmas Cards? I didn’t think so either.
On this card I used the Thinking Thanks and Peace stamp set that is retiring very soon and is also quite heavily discounted in our Last Chance Products sale. I layered the colours up and stamped the sentiment in Gray Granite and that is really all there is to the card.
My second card – Sweet Ice Cream
The second card was more involved. I chose the Sweet Ice Cream Stamp set from the Annual Catalogue. Stamping the ice creams, one in each of the 2 colours using Gray Granite as the stick and then mixed the two colours together which turned out fabulous. I really love the look of the mixed tone ice cream. I finished the card off with sentiment stamped in Petal Pink ink on Petal Pink card and snipped off the end to create a diagonal banner.
You can continue on our blog hop by going to any of the links below or by clicking on the Next button.
Welcome to the November Stampers Anonymous Blog Hop #36. This month’s blog hop is a layout challenge. You may have arrived here from Melissa’s Blog or you may have started here. You will be able to continue to the blog hop by clicking on any of the links below or by clicking on the Next button which will take you to the next blog.
This week has been a fairly busy week. I had my ProCRAFTinators Retreat last weekend and this weekend I have had Stampin’ Up!’s OnStage@Home event. So I really had very limited time to get the creative juices flowing. Having the challenge be a Layout meant I didn’t need to think of a design but did need to choose some products to use. I went with the early release Eden’s Garden Suite. This includes the Stamps and Dies and the limited release products of the cotton paper, designer series paper and the gems. If you love these papers and gems as much as I do, then you will want to get your hands on them quick smart as these are only while supplies last.
My card came together really quickly while I was in a break from OnStage@Home. I wanted to show off this suite and have a good play with it as I haven’t had too much time to just create for the sake of creating. On the white piece I have used my paper snips to rough up the edges around and repeated this process for the evening evergreen layer. To finish off the card I have use the gorgeous Garden Gems to help bring out the gold foil that is on the DSP.
My Card Design
In the first image below you can see the texture I created using the cotton paper where I using liquid glue and scrunch up the cotton paper and then layer onto the card front to get the crinkle look. The second image you can see that I have stamped the insert inside the card. I have also layered the white onto a piece of Evening Evergreen card stock to add extra details. On the envelope I have used the Designer Series Paper to decorate the back flap and I have stamped on the front as well.
Do you want to get your hands on all of these products before they are gone? Then click on this link to add as many of these products to your cart right now and place your order!
I have loved being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator for these last 13+ years and have no intention to cease being a demonstrator for many many more years to come. The Stampin’ Up! year finishes on the 30th September each year and within those 12 months you can achieve certain levels. My little stamping business has grown and changed over the past 13 years. When I joined my hope was that I would receive some sales that would be able to cover the purchases I make.
In the last 7 years or so my business has grown as has my team. I am super proud of the team that I have, they are amazing women who have achieved some amazing things as well. This past year has been one of the most rewarding years that I have had. I have set goals each year and this year I am proud to say that I have exceeded them. In 2020 I reached a Sales milestone and then in 2021 I have hit a couple of leadership goals that I never dreamed that I would. These achievements have taken a lot of work in 2 hard years with lockdowns but I have been able to pivot and continue to work my business. I have received the following badges in recognition of my achievements.
2021 Annual Achievements as a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator
In 2019 I held my first ever weekend retreat. 2020 I had to pivot and held my April retreat online and was then able to hold a live event in November. This year I was able to hold my April retreat in person and it was a 3 night retreat. And this weekend I have the great pleasure of being able to hold another one of my retreats and have 19 other ladies coming to join me.
I have to say that I really have enjoyed being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and look forward to many more years to come and continuing to grow my stamping community. Would you like to join my community? It is a great month to join if you have considered it in the past. The Starter Kit is on sale for the month of November from $169 down to $130! If you’d like to know more, please send me a message and I would love to have you join my ProCRAFTinators Community of Stampers.
Sharing today a card from Stamp Camp – Robyn’s ShoeBox. At Stamp Camp we usually have shoeboxes that have all the items to create the card in the box. But this year with all the restrictions in place in Sydney we were unable to hold the retreat live so Marelle posted a type of Stamp Camp in a box where we had the elements to create the cards but needed to use our own stamp sets.
I used the Painted Poppies stamp set on this card. The idea of Robyn’s Shoebox is to use bleach to colour in the poppies. I needed to go searching for my bleach as I don’t have it in the house very often. The card base is the shimmery white card stock which is so lovely.
I’m going to continue to share more shoebox cards from Stamp camp over the coming weeks. You can purchase all these items from my online store shop.stampinwithsharon.com.au
Sharing today a card from Stamp Camp – Marelle’s ShoeBox. At Stamp Camp we usually have shoeboxes that have all the items to create the card in the box. But this year with all the restrictions in place in Sydney we were unable to hold the retreat live so Marelle posted a type of Stamp Camp in a box where we had the elements to create the cards but needed to use our own stamp sets.
I used the Peaceful Moments stamp set on this card. The other Evening Evergreen card front was already dry embossed using the Macrame 3D Embossing folder and all I needed to do was cut out the pot plant and stamp on the circle. It really is a lovely card and I love the lattice sheet to add a lovely element to the card.
I’m going to continue to share more shoebox cards from Stamp camp over the coming weeks. You can purchase all these items from my online store shop.stampinwithsharon.com.au
